List of Doraemon characters

Main characters

Fujiko's friends say that every main character represents elementary school student archetypes Fujiko noticed in his own school days.

Doraemon

Height 129.3 cm (4 ft 3 in)

Weight 129.3 kg (286.60 lb)

Relatives Dorami (sister)

Nobita, Shizuka, Gian, Suneo (friends)

Doraemon

Voice actor(s): Kosei Tomita?Masako Nozawa (1973), Nobuyo Oyama (1979~March 2005), Wasabi Mizuta (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Golden): Kazue Takahashi?Chisa Yokoyama

Doraemon, the main protagonist of the series, is the titular robotic cat sent back in time by Sewashi to aid Nobita. He possesses a fourth-dimensional pocket from which he can acquire various kinds of futuristic tools, gadgets, and playthings from a future department store. Doraemon originally had ears but they were bitten off by a robotic mouse in the 22nd century. As a result, he developed a morbid fear of mice despite being a robotic cat, because he was suffering musophobia. He also has the tendency to panic during emergencies, characterized by him frantically trying to pull out a very much-needed tool from his pocket, only to produce a huge assortment of unrelated household items. Still, Doraemon is very friendly and intelligent, not to mention long-suffering because of Nobita's antics.

Doraemon's physical appearance changed as the manga progressed. At first, he was predominantly blue, with a blue tail, a white stomach, and flesh-coloured hands and feet. He also stooped, and had a body much larger than his head. In later issues, he sported a smaller body, white hands and feet, and a red tail--the appearance most identify him with today.

In "The Doraemons" story arc (and the 2112: The Birth of Doraemon short film), it is revealed that Doraemon's original paint color was yellow. After getting his ears gnawed off by a robot mouse, he slipped into depression on top of a tower, where he drank a potion labeled "sadness". As he wept, the yellow color washed off and his voice changed due to the potion.

Doraemon weighs 129.3 kg (285 lbs) and measures at 129.3 cm (4'3") tall. He is able to run at 129.3 km/h (80.3 mph) when scared and jump 129.3 cm (4.242 ft) when threatened. His maximum power is 129.3 bhp. His waist, head, and chest circumference are all 129.3 cm. His feet is 129.3 mm in diameter. He is manufactured on September 3, 2112 (12/9/3), at the Matsushiba Robot Factory . Doraemon is considered a substandard product because many of his robotic features (ie. radar whiskers and cat-calling bell) malfunctioned after production. One can turn off Doraemon by pulling his balloon tail.

Due to this malfunction, Doraemon did poorly at the robot's school and during the final presentation show, he performed badly and nobody wanted to hire him, until baby Sewaishi pushed the button. His parents were a bit reluctant, but since Sewashi liked him, they hired Doraemon, and he took care of him until Sewaishi himself send him to the past to take care of Nobita (2112: The Birth of Doraemon).Despite this, Doraemon is very intelligent and displays very good knowledge in science and mathematics.

Doraemon's favourite food is dorayaki, a Japanese treat filled with red bean paste. Speculations led to dorayaki being the origin of his name. However, it was revealed in one of the manga chapters that his name originates from the Japanese word nora neko for "stray cat", and the -emon ending which is part of traditional Japanese names, as seen also in, for example, Ishikawa Goemon.[1][2][3] In the 2007 birthday episode, 'MS-903' is called Doraemon by the factory owner where Doraemon is produced.

Doraemon usually uses the phrase "nanoda".

Nobita Nobi

Born 7 August 2000 (age 10)

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) (teenage)

1.79 m (5 ft 10 1/2 in) (adult)

Parents, born on 4 November 1964 (age 46)

Relatives Doraemon (helping friend)

Shizuka (best friend, future wife)

Suneo, Gian (bullying friends)

Dekisugi (helping friend)

Nobisuke Nobi (father)

Tamako Nobi (mother)

Tamao Kataoka (maternal uncle)

Nobisuke (son)

Sewashi (great-great-grandson)

Voice actor(s): Yoshiko Ota (1973), Noriko Ohara (1979~March 2005), Hiroko Maruyama (Stand-in for Ohara), Megumi Ohara (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Teenage): Makiko Omoto (2000), Mai Kadowaki (2005)

Voice actor(s) (Adult): Kozo Shioya (1984), Shingo Hiromori (1987~1990), Noriko Ohara (2000~2004), Toru Okawa (2005), Hideyuki Hori (2006)

Nobita (born on 7 August 2000), is one of the main characters of the series and the center of the story. He is a fourth grader and is 10 years old[4] in Tokyo's Nerima Ward and an only child. He wears glasses, a red or yellow polo shirt with a white collar, and blue shorts. Nobita's character flaws are endless: he is lazy, uncoordinated, dim-witted, frail, plain-looking, unlucky, and bad at sports. Nobita's typical day consists of arriving late on classes, scoring zeros in his tests, getting lectured by his teacher, being bullied by his classmates Gian and Suneo, falling into curbside rain gutters, being chased by dogs, and getting scolded by his mom for his sloth and poor academic results.

Despite his flaws, Nobita possesses some unique talents such as his unrivaled marksmanship and ability to weave intricate string figures. Although Nobita is usually portrayed as being cowardly, he has often risked his life to help save others or even entire civilizations (as seen in full-length stories). Nobita is lazy and unmotivated, but he can be very serious and responsible at times. Nobita also has a talent for finding unusual applications for Doraemon's gadgets, and to abuse them, which usually gets him into trouble.

Despite everything, Doraemon succeeds on his mission, as seen in several episodes in which they travel to the future and the short Nobita's Night before a Wedding. Nobita eventually marries Shizuka and has a son who, in a generational role reversal, bullies Gian's son. In Doraemon Plus Nobita is a fifth-grader. In an unofficial ending, it is shown that Nobita becomes an expert in robotics to fix Doraemon. This event becomes the most important event in human history. Since this event is very important, the time police prohibits anyone from the future to go into this time. Later most episodes interfere with their video game.

Shizuka Minamoto

Born 2 December 2000 (age 10)

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height 1.43 m (4 ft 8 1/2 in) (teenage)

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (adult)

Parents born on 10 May 1967 (age 44)

Relatives Nobita (friend, future husband)

Gian, Suneo (school friends)

Doraemon (helping friend)

Dekisugi (dating friend)

Yoshio Minamoto (father)

Nobisuke (son)

Voice actor(s): Masako Ebisu (1973), Michiko Nomura (1979~March 2005), Yumi Kakazu (2005~)

Voice actor(s) (): Rei Sakuma (2000)

Shizuka (born on 2 December 2000), usually called Shizu-chan or Shizuka-chan , is the smart, kind and pretty neighborhood girl who is the object of Nobita's affections. She takes baths several times a day. Nobita often disrupts her in the bath due to some misuse of Doraemon's gadgets, and usually shouts out "Go away, pervert!" to Nobita. She is also known for taking piano lessons unwillingly, which is sometimes used as an excuse for declining to hang out with Nobita. She has dislike for Frogs. Her true passions are sweet potatoes, which she'd rather keep to herself out of the knowledge of others, and the violin, in which her playing is as atrocious as Gian's singing. Due to Doraemon's intervention, Shizuka will become Nobita's wife in the future timeline, and the mother of his son.

Takeshi "Gian" Goda

Born 15 June 2000 (age 11)

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) (teenage)

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) (adult)

Parents born on 28 May 1961 (age 50)

Relatives Nobita, Suneo, Shizuka, Doraemon (friends)

Jaiko (younger sister)

Voice actor(s): Kaneta Kimotsuki (1973), Kazuya Tatekabe (1979~March 2005), Subaru Kimura (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) ): Kujira (2000)

Takeshi (born on 15 June 2000), usually known by the nickname "Gian" from English word "giant", is the big, strong, and quick-tempered local bully. He is known for his confidence in his terrible singing voice, though he considers himself a great singer. But in some episodes when his voice is recorded and he hears it, denies it being his voice and threatens to beat up the person who sung his songs in a bad way. He regularly subjects the neighborhood children to horrendous singing recitals, which is sometimes combined with his equally bad homemade dinner and his atrocious fashion sense. His favourite food is Stuffed Capsicum He also frequently steals other children's toys and books under the pretext of "borrowing" them, unless the toy is damaged. This is how most fans considered Gian to be the antagonist of this show. However, he does not hesitate to help Nobita and his friends when they are in real trouble, which often occurs in the movies.

Several of the stories revolve around Nobita and his friends' efforts to avoid Gian's concerts, and several chapters summarize his friends efforts to avoid visiting Gian's house on his birthday because of his selfish nature. After reflecting on one event about his birthday, Gian thought of himself why he wasn't popular among his peers. After getting a lecture from Doraemon to see what an unruly character he is, Gian realize that he should have been a better person and he begs Doraemon to give him another chance. However, things didn't go exactly as planned when his friends at school or at the streets mock him to see how weird Gian was acting and get kicked by Suneo after learning his attempt to become gentle to his peers. This led him to lose control of his temper and start attacking his friends again.

Although he bullies the other children (mostly Nobita), he is terrified of his mother, who runs the local grocery store, a fact Nobita and Doraemon sometimes use in their favor. He founded his own baseball team named after himself. Although Nobita is often blamed for the losses against the baseball team's rival, the "Tyranos", Gian and Suneo still force Nobita to play because they do not have enough players.

Gian also has a younger sister named Jaiko.He and Suneo consider taking Nobita's stuff away as their best day ever.He also loves to confiscate Nobita's stuff away and he vows never to give it back to him .

Suneo Honekawa

Born 29 February 2000 (age 11)

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) (teenage)

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) (adult)

Parents born on 8 September 1962 (age 48)

Relatives Nobita, Gian, Shizuka, Doraemon (friends)

Sunetsugu (brother)

Voice actor(s): Sumiko Shirakawa (1980~March 2005), Shihoko Hagino (TV Asahi Announcer, May 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Adult): Shinya Otaki

Hidetoshi (born on April 15, 2000), is Nobita's classmate and rival for Shizuka's affections. He always gets perfect scores on his tests, but never shows off his abilities. He willingly helps Nobita whenever he has philosophical or scientific questions. His name literally means "brilliant over-achiever", and his last name is a pun on dekisugiru, which means "over achieving". Unfortunately for Nobita, Shizuka tends to prefer the company of Hidetoshi, who is more of her intellectual equal, which leads to Nobita connoting bizarre schemes (helped by Doraemon's gadgets) to kept them apart.

Hidetoshi Dekisugi

Born 15 April 2000 (age 11)

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height 1.43 m (4 ft 8 1/2 in) (teenage)

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (adult)

Parents born on 12 September 1966 (age 44)

Relatives Nobita, Gian, Suneo (friends)

Shizuka (dating friend)

Voice actor(s): Sumiko Shirakawa (1980~March 2005), Shihoko Hagino (TV Asahi Announcer, May 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Adult): Shinya Otaki

Hidetoshi (born on April 15, 2000), is Nobita's classmate and rival for Shizuka's affections. He always gets perfect scores on his tests, but never shows off his abilities. He willingly helps Nobita whenever he has philosophical or scientific questions. His name literally means "brilliant over-achiever", and his last name is a pun on dekisugiru, which means "over achieving". Unfortunately for Nobita, Shizuka tends to prefer the company of Hidetoshi, who is more of her intellectual equal, which leads to Nobita connoting bizarre schemes (helped by Doraemon's gadgets) to kept them apart.

Dorami

Voice actor(s): Keiko Yokozawa (1979~March 2005), Chiaki (tarento) (September 2006~)

Dorami (born on 2 December 2114), also known as Dorami-chan, is the sister of Doraemon. She happens to be about 2 years younger than he is. Strangely enough, they are siblings due to the fact that they shared half of the oil from a can. She lives in the 22nd-century Tokyo with Sewashi, Nobita's great-great-grandson. She is yellow and has ears that resemble a large red bow. She likes melonpan and is afraid of cockroaches. She is also shown to be a more advanced robot than Doraemon (Dorami is able to produce 10,000 horse power, in comparison to Doraemon's 129.3). She sometimes visits Nobita with a time machine when Doraemon is "off-duty" or to help Doraemon with something. She also has her own spin-off manga.

Mini-Doras

Voice actor(s): Chie Kitagawa (1990), Rei Sakuma (1994~March 2005), Tomato Akai (October 2005~)

Mini-Doras are actually gadgets of Doraemon. They are mini versions of Doraemon, each with a different color. They can think and feel for themselves, and communicate with Doraemon through the "Mini-Dora" language. They act as helpers for all sorts of tasks, such as repairing the internal mechanism of Doraemon.

Sensei

Born 10 March 1958 (age 53)

Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Relatives Nobita (lazy student)

Gian (student)

Suneo (student)

Shizuka (student)

Dekisugi (intelligent student)

Voice actor(s): Osamu Kato?Masashi Amenomori (1973), Ritsuo Sawa (1979), Osamu Kato?Unknown?Kazuhiko Inoue (~September 1981), Ryoichi Tanaka (October 1981~March 2005), Wataru Takagi (April 2005~)

Nobita's homeroom teacher. He is a strict taskmaster who often punishes Nobita for failing to do his homework, but always get fooled by Suneo's convincing acts of lying. The punishments range from standing in the hallway to sweeping the classroom after-school. He often pays unexpected visits to the Nobi’s in order to inform Mrs. Tamako about Nobita’s recent zeroes on exams. He also usually sees Nobita in streets and often scold him to study hard and for getting low scores during exams. His real name is unknown and he is only referred to as "Sensei", but in the NTV anime his name is given as Ganari